They're saying hyper extended knee, but I can see a diagnosis of a torn ACL coming here soon...this does not look good. This sucks, big time. Without him, I am predicting no playoffs this year.

The season is over because Miami lost their TE?

That actually means Tannehill sucks, the ground game is useless, there was no point in signing Mike Wallace or Brandon Gibson, and Hartline should never have been re-signed...if the season hinged on a TE who was actually an after thought when Miami failed to land Jared Cook.

I get it, losing Keller sucks big time. He was a weapon. But it doesn't mean Miami can't find a TE to fill the void, even if they aren't as good as Keller. The team still has potential on offense and last I checked Tannehill and Wallace were looking pretty good tonight.

They're saying hyper extended knee, but I can see a diagnosis of a torn ACL coming here soon...this does not look good. This sucks, big time. Without him, I am predicting no playoffs this year.

The season is over because Miami lost their TE?

That actually means Tannehill sucks, the ground game is useless, there was no point in signing Mike Wallace or Brandon Gibson, and Hartline should never have been re-signed...if the season hinged on a TE who was actually an after thought when Miami failed to land Jared Cook.

I get it, losing Keller sucks big time. He was a weapon. But it doesn't mean Miami can't find a TE to fill the void, even if they aren't as good as Keller. The team still has potential on offense and last I checked Tannehill and Wallace were looking pretty good tonight.

The whole point of having a guy like Keller was for gutting the seam and then we have Wallace threatening over the top. It was supposed to create a HUGE mismatch in the secondary, especially with who to bracket.

Losing him is extremely impactful to the offense. Now Wallace is going to be seeing a lot more double coverage than he would've.

The whole point of having a guy like Keller was for gutting the seam and then we have Wallace threatening over the top. It was supposed to create a HUGE mismatch in the secondary, especially with who to bracket.

Losing him is extremely impactful to the offense. Now Wallace is going to be seeing a lot more double coverage than he would've.

"With the rules in this era you've got to hit low. If I would have hit him high, I would have gotten a fine. So I think I made the smartest play. I'm sorry it happened and I pray he has a speedy recovery. ... Right now it's just instinct. You see somebody come across the middle, you gotta go low. You're going to cost your team 15 yards. You've got to play within the rules."- DJ Swearinger

"With the rules in this era you've got to hit low. If I would have hit him high, I would have gotten a fine. So I think I made the smartest play. I'm sorry it happened and I pray he has a speedy recovery. ... Right now it's just instinct. You see somebody come across the middle, you gotta go low. You're going to cost your team 15 yards. You've got to play within the rules."- DJ Swearinger

When player's careers are ended because of knee injuries as a result of this line of thinking, the NFL will change the rules and allow high hits again.

The whole point of having a guy like Keller was for gutting the seam and then we have Wallace threatening over the top. It was supposed to create a HUGE mismatch in the secondary, especially with who to bracket.

Losing him is extremely impactful to the offense. Now Wallace is going to be seeing a lot more double coverage than he would've.

You'd think people would understand. The situation is not good.

Its not that people don't understand, its the end of the world mentality. It stinks he's hurt, but there is a possibility someone else can be grabbed off the waiver wire or acquired in a trade.

When you predict no playoffs because of a TE you are suggesting that this is a really bad team.

If Tannehill develops like we all hope, this will be an inconvenience but not a disaster. Really good QBs make due with what they have and make their receivers look better than they are. If Tannehill doesn't develop, it won't have mattered if Keller was healthy or not.

Not to say we wouldn't have been better with him; I thought he was destined for a big year, too. (I've already drafted him in a bunch of leagues as a sleeper TE). It's a shame, mostly for the human aspect; you hate to see this happen to the guy.

If Tannehill develops like we all hope, this will be an inconvenience but not a disaster. Really good QBs make due with what they have and make their receivers look better than they are. If Tannehill doesn't develop, it won't have mattered if Keller was healthy or not.

Not to say we wouldn't have been better with him; I thought he was destined for a big year, too. (I've already drafted him in a bunch of leagues as a sleeper TE). It's a shame, mostly for the human aspect; you hate to see this happen to the guy.

The injury is ugly and tragic but it is part of football. You cannot make this a safe sport and meddling with the rules is hurting the sport. I would not be surprised if this injury effectively ends Keller's career. I think it is time to bring in Todd Heap. The only silver lining is that this is still preseason there is a lot of time to recover from this and retool the offense.

Losing a good player hurts any team. The patriots have lost more players than the Dolphins, but they were at a higher level to begin with. The Dolphins losing Keller is huge. They would have been better with him than without him.

But its not the end of the world.

There are two more preseason games and time for them to prepare.

I'd rather start the season with Egnew or Clay replacing a TE on a one-year deal, than for the same injury to Wallace and be wondering how well he can play next season.